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, P. HOLLENDER.

CORK PROTECTOR.

Patented Jan.3,1 882.

INVENTOR Maw ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK HOLLENDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORK-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,780, dated January 3, 1882.

Application fil ed October 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HOLLEN- DER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improve:

ments in Cork-Protectors, of which the follow- .jecting prongs which are pushed into the cork,

and with one or more ribs or corrugations transversely to the connectingline of the prongs.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view' of a bottle with my improved cork-protector. Fig. 2 is" a top view of the same as detached; and Fig. 3 is a vertical central section on line as m, Fig. 2..

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

A in the drawings represents acircular plate of sheet metal of the size of the cork, which is provided with downwardly-bent prongs a, which are out out of the plate, preferably at diametrically-opposite points, for the purpose of attaching the protecting-plate A to the cork by simply pressing the prongs down into the same. The fastening-wire by which thecork I is retained is applied in the usual manner to the cork and passed diametricallyover the protecting-plate A, preferably in line with the re cesses left by the prongs, as shown in Fig. 1. At both sides of the prongs the protectingplate A is provided with one or more raised ribs orcorrugations, b,which are arranged transversely to the line connecting the prongs, and which serve for the purpose ofimpartin g greater stiffness to the sides of the protectingplate A, sothat it resists the upward pressure of the cork at both sides of the wire. The ribs b also serve to prevent the slipping off of the wire to either side of the plate. The cork-protecting plate keeps the cork down in the bottlemouth, and is specially adapted for bottles containing fermented beverages which require to be exposed to the so-called steamin g process beforeshipment, as by the plate the bulging up of the cork in steaming is effectively prevented and a neater and more finished appearance of the bottle obtained.

I am aware that metal cork-protectors having projecting prongs for holding the cap of the cork are well known; also cork-protectors having corrugations for holding the wires; and Idonot claim these features, broadly. Neither one, however, is adapted for the purpose of protecting the corks while the bottles are exposed to steaming, as in this case a direct connection of the caps'with the corks to prevent the shifting of the caps, as well as stiffening ribs or corrugations transversely to the fasteuing-wires, are required to resist the the bulging up of the cork at both sides of the wires. These requirements are fully met by my improved cork-protector, which is specially designed for bottles containing fermented liquids which have to be exposed to the steaming process prior to shipment. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent- A cork-protector for bottles-con taining fermented beverages to be exposed to steaming, consisting of a circular plate having downwardly-projecting prongs at diametrically-opposite points of the plate and one or more ribs or corrugations transversely to the line of the prongs at both sides thereof, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses. FREDERICK HOLLENDER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CARL KARP. 

